diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 617486d6..533591fe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.46.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.46.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.28.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.35.8
+	k8s.io/api v0.35.9
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.5
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.8
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.35.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 81184b69..e9a5ea9c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2 h1:7koQfIKdy+I8UTetycgUqXWSDwpgv193Ka+qRsmBY8Q=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2/go.mod h1:LtdLGcnqToBH83WByAAi/wiwSFCArdFIUV/xxN4pcjA=
-k8s.io/api v0.35.8 h1:hxpmPYdneQPKNh0cZyB09Hwd3vgXzdcJs5R3toDXsvU=
-k8s.io/api v0.35.8/go.mod h1:I5gVNknFd4hfVVcMCixrenD7V38JUY78q3jtpGyC19c=
+k8s.io/api v0.35.9 h1:lF426irCSwVKeukmRgeTMJtHVIETx2+3HLfoslTv9Xg=
+k8s.io/api v0.35.9/go.mod h1:MNhexKzNrNryBqZMWLx6p6L2rFOAs3PWRdMnKU3Gmjk=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.8 h1:2lvyZ28M01/1uOPftaPXIbsOaCslzKHTEcdCjCI0VRE=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.8/go.mod h1:/ZbM1upeajFY5yHqGMKEzWTLb5Tx3kU2SkxTCtqB4Uw=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.5 h1:X5Xbg6G4om0ma6LOcGbmUmo+B5Nq7mmIpAWhk+tgCh8=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 127aa60e..19076b89 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ gopkg.in/inf.v0
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3
 # gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2
 ## explicit; go 1.17
-# k8s.io/api v0.35.8
+# k8s.io/api v0.35.9
 ## explicit; go 1.25.0
 k8s.io/api/admission/v1
 k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1